Born: 21 January 1869 · Died: 30 December 1916 · Age at death: 47
How old was Grigori Rasputin when he died?
Grigori Rasputin died aged 47. He was born on 21 January 1869 and died on 30 December 1916.
Siberian mystic who won the trust of Tsar Nicholas II's family by easing their son's haemophilia and was murdered in 1916
Did you know?He survived multiple assassination attempts on the same night, including poisoning and shooting, before finally being drowned in a river.
Quick facts
Date of birth21 January 1869
Date of death30 December 1916
Age at death47
Cause of deathDrowning, gunshot wound
NationalityRussian
BirthplacePokrovskoye, Russia
Occupationmystic, occultist, politician
Editor's Take:
Grigori Rasputin rose from a Siberian village to the heart of the Russian court. He was a wandering holy man with little education and a magnetic presence. The empress Alexandra believed he could ease the bleeding of her son Alexei, who had haemophilia. That trust gave him huge influence over the imperial family. His drinking and scandals made him hated by the nobility and the public. During the First World War, rumours about him badly damaged the monarchy. A group of aristocrats murdered him in December 1916. Within three months, the Tsar had fallen.
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916) was a Russian mystic and faith healer. He is best known for having befriended the imperial family of Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, through whom he gained considerable influence in the final years of the Russian Empire.
